Mumbai Rains: Waterlogging witnessed outside Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray's residence

In an embarrassment for the Shiv Sena which controls the Mumbai civic body, waterlogging was witnessed outside party chief Uddhav Thackeray's residence on Tuesday as rains lashed Mumbai overnight.

The road outside `Matoshree', Thackeray's bungalow in Kalanagar colony in suburban Bandra, was under knee-deep water.

The Sena has been ruling in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the country's richest civic body, for over two decades.

But as rains threw the life in the megapolis out of gear, crippling rail, road and air traffic, the civic body and the Sena came in for flak, especially because the BMC officials had assured that there would be no waterlogging this monsoon.

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"Karun Dakhavla" was the Sena's campaign slogan before a civic election a few years ago.

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NCP leader Nawab Malik took a jibe at the Sena after his own residence in nearby Kurla area go flooded. Sharing images of the inside of his house on LBS Road with he himself standing in knee-deep water, the NCP leader tweeted, "Karun Dakhavla (We did it (what has been promised))," tagging Uddhav Thackeray, the office of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and the BMC.

According to the India Meteorological Department, the city witnessed the highest rainfall -- 375.2 mm -- in the 24- hour period before 8.30 am Tuesday since the July 26, 2005, deluge.

As heavy downpour continued in the city of Mumbai and the Maharashtra government declared a public holiday in three districts - Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban and Thane, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to the media and intimated about the preparation taken by the government. 

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He said that under the BMC has been on high alert and the traffic management is under control and that traffic has been diverted so water can be pumped out from certain areas. He also said that Mumbai Police has responded to more than 1000 tweets of people who required help. He also said that IMD had predicted high tide at 12 noon and 5 in the evening and therefore public holiday has been declared.